installed with descriptive labels. Material for this was obtained 

 from the special culture carried on by the Museum last spring. 

 This year eggs have been distributed to persons in Charleston 

 and other parts of South Carolina who wish to rear them. No 

 public rearing will be made at the Museum, but material is be- 

 ing raised for future use in loan exhibits for schools. 



Two groups of squirrels with printed labels have been installed 

 in refinished cases, and a rearrangement of the collection of local 

 birds has been made using an additional case so that the speci- 

 mens are much less crowded and many species for which there 

 was no room heretofore are included. 



Two cases of monkeys and one containing a fine Florida tarpon 

 have been refinished recently and placed on exhibition, and a 

 forest floor has been added to the elk case. 



Very few of the cases in the old Museum were movable and 

 none of them were constructed of plate glass. It has therefore 

 been necessary to build new cases for all large specimens. The 

 expense of this explains the slow progress of installation. In 

 order, however, to have specimens where they can be properly 

 cared for and to give the public a better idea of the scope of the 

 collections, a considerable amount of sash has been taken from 

 the old cases and put together to afford temporary protection 

 for material hitherto in storage or recently brought from the old 

 building. In this way an exhibit of invertebrate fossils for 

 teaching purposes, and a number of large mammals, including 

 two camels, a moose, walrus, several sea lions and seals, two 

 bears, llama, alpaca, and zebra, have been made visible. When 

 properly installed these will give quite a new appearance to the 

 exhibition hall. 



The work of Mr. Memminger and his assistants has resulted 

 in making practically all the herbaria accessible and properly 

 recorded. Dr. Martin has cataloged the entire Booth collec- 

 tion of invertebrate fossils and has brought all the records of his 

 department up to date. 



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